Question No : 1

The Titanic is in severe decay caused by salt _____ and metal eating bacteria, Caladan Oceanic, the company overseeing the _____, said in an announcement about the dives.

(1) litigation, expedition

(2) corrosion, amenable

(3) corrosion, expedition

(4) litigation, amenable

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

“Lives are at stake”, said Ann Marie Benitez of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, _____ the loss of screenings for cancer and other diseases that _____ result from the withdrawal, particularly for Latina and black women.

(1) admonish, would

(2) decrying, will

(3) decrying, would

(4) admonish, will

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Insolvency courts must get their act together to make the bankruptcy code work for ______ resolution of corporate distress. Protracted distress is a major structural _____ that the financial system, companies and investors face, and should be resolved, to get the wheels of the economy moving.

(1) swift, impediment

(2) swift, adulation

(3) farfetched, adulation

(4) swift, estrange

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

India’s power sector is a _____ candidate for attracting sizeable overseas investment into the country. While a few profitable independent power producers (IPPs) and transmission utilities do exist, the sector’s profitability overall is well below the _____ needed to encourage investment.

(1) orchard, threshold

(2) obsequious, obdurate

(3) prime, obdurate

(4) obsequious, threshold

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

The Coast Guard saved eight lives after it _____ the crew of a fishing boat, which got _____ in mid-sea.

(1) saved, lost

(2) rescued, stranded

(3) rescue, stranded

(4) turned, left

(5) saved, left

Question No : 6

Most of the time, a detective _____ some materials from the scene and sends them to the laboratory for _____.

(1) collecting, analysis

(2) collected, analysing

(3) collect, analyse

(4) collect, analysis

(5) collects, analysis

Question No : 7

_____ related to pollution have affected us intensely in recent years. Many people go abroad to get clean air and visit _____ beaches.

(1) issue, pure

(2) problems, unspoilt

(3) problem, purified

(4) areas, fresh

(5) difficulties, unspoilt

Question No : 8

A new start-up has found an _____ way of recycling household waste and making people contribute that sum to _____ non-governmental organisations.

(1) unique, unrecognisable

(2) new, known

(3) creative, healthy

(4) innovative, recognised

(5) newly, old

Question No : 9

Paintings by Bengal masters like Jamini Roy _____ the walls of the nearly 100-year-old Rosogolla Bhavan, the _____ north Kolkata residence of K.C. Das.

(1) decorated, historical

(2) laid, natural

(3) adorn, ancestral

(4) made, previous

(5) view, ancient